Elsmere Yard.Future Possibilities.

Ellesmere Yard is a special place to local people and visitors alike. Its unique heritage status is as one of the UK’s best-preserved canal-yards which dates back to the early 1806. It was the office and workshops of the former Ellesmere Canal Company set up by Thomas Telford, pioneer architect and engineer of the Llangollen and Montgomery Canals in the heroic days of canal and bridge building.

There is a keen desire to explore ways for Ellesmere Yard to be a venue and site for local people and for visitors. With a high volume of canal-users and day trippers, it could become a regular destination which would have positive knock-on effect for local tourism and businesses in Ellesmere and the surrounding area. It could also become the home for new enterprise, studios and food & drink. The Canal and Rivers Trust is working with MAAP to undertake collaborative R&D and test concepts and ideas for future uses.

Be clear, be confident and don’t overthink it. The beauty of your story is that it’s going to continue to evolve and your site can evolve with it. Your goal should be to make it feel right for right now. Later will take care of itself. It always does.